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R. SUNDERLAND.

PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED 00124, 1919.

Patented F UNlThLD STATES RILEY STJ'NDERLAND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PACKAGE.

Application filed October at, 1919.

To all 207mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, RILEY SUNDERLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cool: and State of lllinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Packages, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved wrapper or cover for packages and has special reference to pro-formed envelope or covers for receiving and covering rigid packages, such as boxes.

T he development of the parcel post has opened up the field for the shipment by mail of many diverse articles and the trend of modern business development is to put up or pack many more articles of merchandise in pasteboard boxes arranged to hold a definite quantity of the goods, such for instance as a dozen mens linen collars, candy by the pound, stationery, etc., all of which as boxed, can readily be mailed if properly wr a p p e d.

he quick and neat wrapping or covering of such boxes has been something of a problem, as it is usually necessary to procure wrapping paper of suitable dimensions and suitable cord or securing material, and then it requires considerable eziperience to wrap such a box properly and neatly and tie or secure same in a manner that will go safely through the mails, all of which ordinarily uses more time than the results will warrant.

I have found that if a box could be pre' pared for mailing as easily as a circular or acard, the shipment of boxed goods by mail would be greatly facilitated and this form of business would be largely increased.

The package cover of my invention is an "H QlOP or cover which made of such dimensions an d shape that it neatly fits upon and entirely incloses a box of predetermined dimensions, the envelop or cover having a loose end or flap which can be folded back out of the way to provide an open end through which the box can be easily and readily inserted and I provide means of simple character for holding the said loose fiap in box-inclosing position for transmission through the mail. In one form of my invention the latter means may consist of a gummed surface on the flap adapted to be stuck to and upon the adjacent side wall of Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

Serial No. 332,920.

the cover when in box covering position, but in the form which I prefer and which has the advantageof inclosing the box in an unsealed cover, I make the closing fiap rela tively long and tuck or insert'it between the surface of the box and the adjacent cover portion, making the flap long enough to extend a considerable distance between these two members thereby producing sufiicient friction on the flap to prevent its accidental withdrawal even when the package is held with the open end of the cover downwardly.

My invention will be more readily under-- stood by reference to the accompanying drawings in which I have illustrated the preferred and the sealed form of box cover, and in which:

Figure l is aperspective View of a box inclosed in a cover or envelop made in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional perspective view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the envelop in folded condition; and

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing a box inclosed in a cover of the sealing form.

In said drawings 1 is a box of predetermined dimensions such as might be used for containing a dozen mens collars, 2 is the cover of the box which fits down upon the box 1 and closes same, thus making a rigid package of predetermined dimensions, the box being definite as to height, length and breadth.

I make my improved package cover or envelop 3 of substantially the height, length and breadth of the box, preferably out of a suitable paper. The cover is in the form of a bag adapted to fit closely upon and completely inclose the box and having an open end l through which the box can be inserted into the envelop, the box substantially completely filling the envelop.

As illustrated in the drawings the cover has a bottom end 5 which fits one end of the box, sides 6 which fit the side edges of the box, relatively wine or large sides 7 and 8 which fit the bottom and the top of the box and the open end d through which the box can be inserted into the cover or envelop. I close the open end 4 by means of relativeiy small flaps 9 extending from the free edges of the sides 6 of the cover and a relatively large flap 10 extending from the bottom 7 of the envelop.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 3 the flap 10 is substantially as wide at its base as the widthof the envelop and is relatively quite long and its free end 11 when tucked between the top of the box and the upper side 8 of the envelop extends a considerable distance between these two members as shown in 1. This flap is slightly narrower at its free end than at its base to facilitate its entrance into the envelop. In this form of my device, I use no other means for retaining the llap 10 in box closing position other than the friction on the flap produced by its insertion between the cover and the box. In closing the open end of the envelop after the box has been inserted, I first fold down the flaps 9 against the adjacent end of the box then insert the free end 11 of the flap 10 between the side 8 of the envelop and the top of the box and push it clear in to its final position as illustrated in Fig. 1. The box is now completely covered and is in condition to be carried by parcel post at the unsealed rate of postage.

In manufacturing or making my improved envelop, 1 preferably make it or single piece of paper cut in suitable form with flaps which are adapted to overlap when the piece of paper is wrapped around a suitable form and the several flaps are secured in their overlapped condition in the manner of making a bag. The making of closed bottom bags being well understood in the art it is not thought necessary to illus trate this idea. The form upon which the bag is thus producec. is the same in dimensions and form as the box to whicn the envelop is to be applied as a cover.

11S well illustrated in Fig. 3, after the cover has been produced it can be compressed or folded into a very compact torrn for shipment and storage until such time as it is desired to use the cover upon a box, which time the cover can be readily and quickly opened up and the box inserted.

If it is desired to examine the contents of the package as illustrated in Fig. 1 the flap 10 can be readily withdrawn and the box removed from the envelop for this purpose.

F01 some purposes it is not necessary to leave the package unsealed and in such in lessees stances i provide a shorter flap 12 as shown in Fig. 4, adapted to be sealed upon the up per side 8 or" the envelop by means of suitable adhesive material provided upon the under side of the flap 12 as illustrated by the dotted line 13.

in other respects the package cover or envelop illustrated in 4 1S exactly t is same as the one illustrated in 1, the envelop being pie-formed of dimensions, that is, height, breadth and width to exactly fit upon the box which it is intended to inclose and provided with the short edge laps 9 attached to the sides 6 ol the envelop, adapted to be folded beneath the flap 12 to assist in closing the end of the envelop over the end of the box, before the flap 1.2 is sealed in place.

in both instances the package can be very quickly inclosed or covered and when finished presents a neat appearing package ready for shipment by mail or otherwise and it does not require a binding cord, string or elastic.

As it is obvious that the closing flap may readily take other shapes than those illustrated, I do not limit or confine my invention to the specific forms shown.

I claim:

1. A package comprising an interior rigid prismatic box having a loose closure at one of its sides, an envelop made from an integral blank closely fitting" the outside of said iox. permanently closed at one end, said envelop holding the closure of the box closed, and a flap to close the end of the envelop.

2. A package comprising an interior rigid prismatic box having a loose closure at one of its sides, a flexible envelop made from an integral blank closely fitting the outside or said box permanently closed at one end, said envelop holding; the closure of the box closed, and flap extent ing from one edge over a side of the box and frictionally held between the box and envelop to close the end of the envelop.

in witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 17th day of Gctober A. D.

RILEY SUNDERLAND. 

